Bundling Commercial XO With Ecomstation

[Bert Freudenberg]

I for one would prefer if these discussions were taken to a different  
mailing list. OLPC-open seems fitting, unless there is a specific  
OLPC-Customers list.

- Bert -

On Sep 27, 2007, at 16:23 , big one wrote:

> In 1990s IBM released a Windows NT competitor called OS/2 that can  
> run MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows NT applications (using special  
> method). Now Serenity Systems had bought OS/2 from IBM and market  
> it as Ecomstation.
>
> http://www.ecomstation.com
>
> Collection of freeware/shareware OS/2 applications:
> http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
>
> If Ecomstation can support XO laptops BIOS and still run MS-DOS, OS/ 
> 2 and Windows 3.1/Windows NT program, IMO this new version of  
> Ecomstation can be bundled with Commercial version of XO laptops  
> sold to developing countries (US, Europe, Japan, Middle East).
>
> Perhaps the developing countries version of XO come with bigger  
> keyboards, LCD screens, but use the same motherboards and chipsets  
> as the developed country version.
>
> Is the above idea possible?
> Thank you.